Improvement in axle-grease



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTEN ANDERSSON, OF ELKHORN STATION, NEBRASKA.

. IMPROVEMENT IN AXLE-GREASE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,492, dated November21, 187 6; application filed 1 May 20, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTEN ANDERssoN, of Elkhorn Station, in Douglascounty, and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Compoundfor Axle-Grease, which is fully described in the followingspecification.

This invention relates to that class of compounds used to' lubricaterailroad-car wheelaxles, to prevent; friction and consequent fire inboxes.

To prepare the axle-grease, take a quantity of soap, of any kind, anddissolve it in hot watersay, take four and one-half pounds of the one toone-half gallon of the other-and, when the mixture is at the boiling-point, slowly stirin onehalf pound of sulphur; then add thereto, in thesame manner, three pounds of coal-dust, after which stir and let boilun- The compound of soap, sulphur, coal-dust,

and Water, combined substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth.

MARTEN ANDERSSON.

In presence of- GHARLEs J. GREENE, J. P. MANNING.

